On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 375: Take all Maozhou

While Li Jing was still wondering whether he should rush north for reinforcements or wait for reinforcements, Cui Che had already arrived at Maozhou City.

The root cause is that the war preparations of the two sides are not at the same level.

Since Cui Che has been running the land of Yan for many years, and his cavalry have fought with him in foreign wars for many years, they have long since transformed into full-time soldiers. Therefore, Cui Che was able to summon his soldiers early at the beginning of the year on the grounds of the Xi tribe's rebellion to complete the war.

mobilization.

Of course, another key reason why Cui Che's cavalry were able to get out of production was that they repeatedly plundered Turkic women and children, so that there was no shortage of labor in their respective families.

But things are different in southern Henan. Since the 11th year of the founding of the Emperor, Yang Jian ordered the abolition of the military status of government soldiers and classified them into civilian households. The southern states and counties have to consider the factors of the farming season when deploying troops.

Cui Che mobilized Yan's cavalry at the beginning of the year. It was spring plowing at that time. Li Jing had already carried out a mobilization, which caused the soldiers from all over the country to complain. However, Cui Che did not go south for a long time. Li Jing soon dismissed the soldiers from various states.

Now that Cui Che raised troops around the time of the Autumn Harvest, he undoubtedly caught Li Jing off guard.

Maozhou Consulate Tao (now Guantao County, Handan, Hebei), Guanshi (now Guanxian, Shandong), Tangyi (now Liaocheng, Shandong), Linqing (now Linqing, Shandong), Qingyuan (now Linxi County, Hebei),

There are six counties in Shaqiu (now in Linxi County, Hebei Province).

Cui Che ordered Dou Jiande to take Guanshi, Liu Heitai to take Tangyi, Qin Qiong to take Linqing, Cheng Yaojin to take Qingyuan, and Zhou Kan to take Shaqiu. Each of the generals led 5,000 troops and horses, while Cui Che took the remaining 60,000 steps.

Riding in the formation in Guantao City.

Zhao Renming, the governor of Maozhou, carefully poked his head out from the city wall, fearing that a stray arrow would hit him, but the momentum created by the 60,000 troops under the city still made him feel dizzy.

"The messenger asking for help just went south, how come Cui Ni came so fast!"

Zhao Renming complained to the white-haired Guantao County Magistrate Li Longcheng.

Li Longcheng sighed:

"Cui Ni's men are mostly cavalry, so they naturally move like the wind."

Zhao Renming said happily:

"Fortunately, the cavalry is not good at attacking cities. I think we can hold on to Maozhou City until General Manager Li comes to help."

Li Longcheng smiled bitterly and said:

"The official thought that Mr. Zhao could not wait for the reinforcements to come."

Zhao Renming said doubtfully:

"What do you mean by this?"

Li Longcheng explained:

"The people of Yan have been at war with the various tribes in northern Saibei for a long time. They are not good at attacking cities, but they are good at field battles.

"Cui Ni has already arrived at the city. If General Manager Li leads his troops north again, wouldn't he be playing into Cui Ni's plan?

"Although General Manager Li is a veteran in the army, if he knew that Cui Ni was besieging the city, he would not dare to go north to fight Cui Che outside the city."

In fact, Li Jing suggested that Li Jing go north to rely on the city to hold on, rather than fight in the field with Cui Che, the northern frontier army.

Zhao Renming listened to Li Longcheng's analysis and put himself into Li Jing's perspective. He couldn't help but become even more panicked. He admitted that even if he were Li Jing, he would choose to stick to Yecheng.

"This, what should I do?"

Zhao Renming was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Li Longcheng looked very hesitant. He stamped his feet for a long time and said:

"Mr. Zhao took great care of me in the past. A scholar dies for a confidant. Moreover, Li is old and will not die soon. Today, please let Li guard the city for Gong Zhao. Gong Zhao will go to Xiangzhou to ask for help!"

Zhao Renming looked at Li Longcheng in disbelief and thought to himself: Could it be that I really have such great kindness to him?

But there was no time to hesitate at this time. Since it was assumed that Li Jing would not reinforce Maozhou, there was no way he could escape if he really had to wait for Cui Che to besiege the city.

Zhao Renming was moved and said:

"Li Gongzhen is a strong man!"

After saying that, he didn't bother to wipe away his tears, and immediately walked down the north tower. He didn't want the property in the house, and escaped through the south gate with his family.

Li Longcheng sent Zhao Renming out of the south gate. Worried that he would regret returning to the city, he immediately ordered someone to close the south gate. Then he smiled at a person beside him and said:

"Finally, we have deceived Zhao Renming away. It is time to welcome Duke Yan into the city."

On the same day, Li Longcheng sent his personal followers out of the city to Cui Che's formation and asked Cui Che to surrender.

The generals under his command were worried about fraud and reminded Cui Che not to be gullible, but Cui Che asked the visitor:

"Has the County Magistrate you mentioned ever served in Neihuang County?"

Li Longcheng's personal attendant did not expect that after so many years, Cui Che could still remember the original incident and said excitedly:

"It is County Magistrate Li who was greatly favored by Duke Yan's grandfather in his early years and cried over the coffin of Duke Yan's grandmother!"

After hearing this, Cui Che no longer had any doubts, and immediately sent Wang Dangwan to lead the Pishi Army into the city to take over the defense.

Li Longcheng is still vaguely the same as before, but with a head full of white hair.

In fact, Cui Che could more or less guess why Li Longcheng wanted to offer the city, and it was not just the so-called Cui Jishu's kindness to him.

In the twelfth year of the founding of the Emperor, Li Longcheng was already the magistrate of Neihuang County. Now it has been twelve years, and he is still just a county magistrate. He is afraid that he will inevitably complain about the imperial court.

Cui Che got off his horse, helped Li Longcheng up, who was saluting, and said with a kind smile:

"We haven't seen each other for so many years. I don't want to meet again today. Mr. Li has done great service for me."

Li Longcheng also had a happy face and said with a smile:

"Xiaoguan thinks day and night, worrying about how to repay the kindness of Yan Gong's ancestors. Now that Yan Gong has raised righteous soldiers and punished riots, how can I remain indifferent?"

After some pleasantries, Cui Che immediately entered the city and issued a notice to calm the people. The merchants in Guantao City reopened their businesses that day. If it weren't for the cavalry patrolling the streets from time to time, the local people would not even notice much change from usual days.

Cui Che appointed Li Longcheng as the governor of Maozhou, but now only Guantao is the one in the six counties of Maozhou.

But good news came one after another. In the next two days, Qin Qiong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin, Zhou Kan and others sent envoys to report back, and successively captured the five counties of Guanshi, Tangyi, Linqing, Qingyuan and Shaqiu.

After Beizhou, all six counties in Maozhou also fell into Cui Che's hands.

Cui Che thus opened up the passage southward along the Zhang River to Xiangzhou.

At the same time, he also learned the latest news about Xiangzhou from Li Longcheng. Li Jing was now gathering troops from Xiangzhou, Wei, Ming, and Wei to defend the four states in Yecheng.

Just as Li Jing expected, Cui Che temporarily changed his plan and planned to capture the two empty states of Wei and Ming first.

But before that, Cui Che called Zhao Wen over.

When Zhao Wen came to Cui Che, Cui Che was standing on the tower, staring south. He had already learned that Li Jing was serving under Li Jing.

"Master?"

Seeing that he was lost in thought, Zhao Wen reminded him.

Cui Che came back to his senses after hearing this, shook his head and said:

"I have released you from slavery long ago, and you have been an official in Hebei for many years. There is no need to call me master again."

In fact, if Cui Che hadn't rebelled, he would have been able to become the governor in a few years.

Of course, Zhao Wen did not regret this. He knew that if Cui Che succeeded, his future would be far beyond what a governor could summarize.

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